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Many of the State Governments like Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Tamilnadu and Tripura have included domestic workers in the schedule of the Minimum Wages Act. What is/are the implications of this inclusion?

The state government can regulate the minimum wages to be given to domestic workers similar to other contractual and informal employment in the state.
Domestic workers are entitled to file cases before the concerned authorities in case of any failure on the part of their employer to give them minimum wages.

Which of the above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

None

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Explanation:

Statement 1 and 2: Both statements are correct, and logically follow from the question statement.

The registration of the placement agencies is a State subject. An advisory has been issued to all the State Government requesting them to take steps for formulation of a policy at their own level for regulating these placement agencies.

The Central government has also been pushing states to regulate this issue because there have been repeated demands to regulate their employment given repeated cases of exploitation and harassment.